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Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University and the University of New Orleans organized the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank (HDMB) in 2005 in partnership with many national and Gulf Coast area organizations and individuals. HDMB was awarded the Award of Merit for Leadership in History, and is the largest free public archive of Katrina and Rita with over 25,000 items in the collection. Read More.

Items tagged “Priest” (1 total)

A priest in cassock stands outside a brick church building with two women nearby, one holding his hand, in this cracked 1947 photograph from St. Peter and Paul church, New Orleans.

Robert Bruillette's aunt Evelyn with Father Joe Benson Sr. outside of St. Peter and Paul…